Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 14, 2023

It’s the ROI that comes from curated conversations and spontaneous interactions, those electric moments of innovation that happen when your team is in the same room. A side conversation can lead to the next big idea or micro-innovation, and a shared laugh can forge a bond stronger than any Slack thread.

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Rich Gee Group

AUGUST 22, 2023

Such behaviors can lead to a toxic culture that stifles growth and innovation. How can leaders avoid this pitfall and create an environment encouraging growth, collaboration, and understanding? Leadership is a complex entity, shaped by more than just individual drive and capabilities.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 1, 2024

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in April 2024 curated just for you. Every day, tens of thousands of Google employees, from executives to interns, rely on Laura Mae Martin’s tips and best practices for how to make the most of their time. Or how do you make sure that you're a good mentor?

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N2Growth Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2023

As companies strive to stay ahead of the curve and maintain a competitive edge, the need for effective leadership at the executive level becomes paramount. With the help of a skilled coach, executives can identify and address their blind spots, develop critical leadership skills, and navigate complex organizational challenges confidently.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

It ensures that companies are prepared for any unforeseen changes in leadership due to retirement, emergencies, or sudden departures. In addition, a strategically designed succession plan serves as a tool to attract, engage, and retain top talent.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 29, 2024

But there’s another kind of workplace conflict that’s not only vital for a vibrant culture, but this kind of productive workplace conflict is also the fuel for innovation, quality of life, and the better workplace today’s teams crave. It’s corrosive and makes work miserable. Who Wants More Conflict at Work? What made it productive?

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Lead from Within

APRIL 12, 2024

The best know how to navigate this dynamic landscape effectively, drive innovation, and inspire their teams to thrive. Embrace AI as a tool for efficiency, data-driven insights, and enhanced decision-making rather than a threat to job security. Very few understand why or how to prevent it.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The Value of Executive Leadership Team Coaching in Today’s Business Landscape In today’s rapidly evolving business landscape, the value of executive leadership team coaching cannot be understated. Strong leadership has never been more crucial as organizations face an increasingly complex and volatile environment.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

The Power of Culturally Diverse Perspectives: Exploring the Benefits of International Coaching in Global Leadership Mastery In today’s global business landscape, the ability to navigate and effectively lead across cultures is becoming increasingly vital for success.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

In the rapidly evolving world of leadership, staying ahead of the curve is crucial. Embracing innovative tools and technologies is no longer optional; it’s a strategic imperative. AI tools can analyze customer data, sentiment, and behavior to help you tailor your products, services, and marketing efforts.

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Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

You could change it again to, “How can we develop the right talent?” Now we are looking at leadership opportunities that might not have been previously considered. I remember a client who was focused on, “How can we use 360-degree feedback to improve performance?” The broader question might be, “How can we improve performance?”

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 13, 2023

A Retrospective: Santa’s Big Leadership and Culture Change Is there anyone more beloved than Santa Claus? Today, the North Pole is a paragon of human-centered leadership and culture. In fact, Santa has a lot to teach us about leadership. Santa’s leadership led to dysfunction at every level.

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Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

For these exceptional leaders, partnering with an experienced leadership coach offers a profound avenue for growth and development. But the impact of leadership coaching extends far beyond executives; it permeates throughout organizations, benefiting leaders at all levels and fostering both personal and organizational growth.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Humanizing Leadership Mentors. During the book writing process, I reflected on the multitude of individuals who graciously shared their time, words, wisdom, and encouragement with me along my personal leadership journey. How they showed up as leaders and how they engaged was critical to my leadership development.

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 19, 2021

Your Favorite Leadership Blog Posts So Far This Year. One of the interesting parts of being regular leadership writers (we’ve been blogging here at Let’s Grow Leaders since 2012), is to see which of our leadership blog posts resonate the most with our readers and why. We would love to hear from you. Read more here.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 21, 2023

How do I get Sue to hold her team accountable, without micromanaging? It sounds like Sue has some amazing leadership competencies, so you have a lot of good to work with here. It’s certainly possible that Sue is avoiding accountability conversations, or doesn’t know how to have them well. What would you add?

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Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. The standard solution is to create teams that focus explicitly on innovation. The problem?

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Eric Jacobson

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

Today’s business leaders are faced with many challenges: intense competition, increased regulation, and the need for constant innovation. Specifically, you’ll learn about Horwath’s Strategic Quotient (SQ) , a validated assessment tool which evaluates an individual’s ability to lead and think strategically.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in February 2023 curated just for you. In the book, you'll explore how leaders, at every level, can build a workplace culture that drives organizational excellence and unleashes the full potential of every employee. You can, too.

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QAspire

JUNE 26, 2023

I recently re-read the book “How to Think Like Leonardo Da Vinci” by Michael Gelb and realized how profoundly the book impacted my thinking about creativity, learning and well being back in time. It also requires us to invest in developing mindfulness as a tool to sharpen our senses.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

H ERE'S A LOOK at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2023 curated just for you. Outlining the three archetypes of failure—basic, complex, and intelligent—Amy showcases how to minimize unproductive failure while maximizing what we gain from flubs of all stripes. Oh, and took over Twitter.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

The reality is that when leadeing through a merger, retention and results are always symptoms of the CULTURE that you intentionally create and sustain… But fear not – this guide equips you with the tools and strategies to navigate this journey, fostering a vibrant team culture that fuels success. Take the first step today!

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 10, 2023

We inventory the most-read leadership articles of 2023 and here’s what you’re most interested in so far. Which of our leadership articles, Leadership Without Losing Your Sou l podcast episodes, and Asking-for-a-Friend videos resonate most with you and why? We would love to hear from you. Got Workplace Gossip?

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2023

The experience and learnings we are still distilling will prove invaluable tools in the future.” Have the confidence to innovate, think, and experiment. Both of these positions are core tools of the Flexible Method.” Look for hidden assets that you can repurpose. Learn From History. Hold On to Your Values. Seek Help. “In

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Let's Grow Leaders

MARCH 21, 2022

What makes a courageous question useful and how to craft your own). Sample Courageous Questions (Specific courageous questions you can ask your team), How to “Respond With Regard” to what you’ve heard. You can download our Courageous Cultures tool for FREE here. . How might we be contributing to the issue?).

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Lead from Within

APRIL 22, 2024

As an executive leadership coach, I’ve witnessed the profound impact of talent development in an increasingly uncertain world. These statistics underscore the critical need for innovative talent development strategies to successfully navigate the ever-evolving landscape of work.

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Rich Gee Group

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The nuanced explanation, however, reveals why the best leaders — those characterized by their compassion, wisdom, and innate ability to inspire — are irreplaceable, even as AI-enabled leadership evolves. The Unparalleled Human Touch At the heart of great leadership are qualities that transcend mere decision-making or strategic prowess.

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Lead Change Blog

APRIL 12, 2018

The following is an excerpt from the introduction to The New Science of Radical Innovation. When an organization achieves a higher level of complexity, it increases the organization’s options and ability to respond to external challenges and produce radical innovation. This book is not about how to make incremental improvements.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in December 2020. One thing is clear: advances in technology have not been matched by the necessary innovation to our social structures. Overcome : Crush Adversity with the Leadership Techniques of America's Toughest Warriors by Jason Redman.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Here's a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September 2021. The Art of Statistics : How to Learn from Data by David Spiegelhalter. The Art of Statistics not only shows us how mathematicians have used statistical science to solve these problems — it teaches us how we too can think like statisticians.

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Lead from Within

MARCH 29, 2022

That leaves leaders still grappling with important new issues: managing different distractions, making information and tools accessible, and keeping remote employees motivated, connected, productive, and engaged. In my work as an executive leadership coach, I’m emphasizing these points for my clients: Keep communication concise.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

What we were taught in high school science, F = MA , force = mass times acceleration, also describes the physics of innovation. The laws of innovation may be an entirely different application than Newton intended, but tracking through on the metaphor yields pragmatic tips for innovators.

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Rich Gee Group

OCTOBER 21, 2023

While these elements have their place, they aren't the be-all and end-all of effective leadership. A dash of unpredictability can invigorate your team, inspire innovative ideas, and drive enhanced productivity. The Power of Unpredictability Unpredictability, when channeled appropriately, can become a powerful tool.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

In Voyager, women finally had a realistic representation of female leadership aboard a Star Trek vessel, one that was determined and decisive but also empathic and willing to listen. In fact, she’s almost a prescient paragon of what good leadership looks like in the 21st century. So what exactly is going on?

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Let's Grow Leaders

JULY 30, 2021

How to reclaim your creativity, conquer busyness, do your best work, and be your best self. 3:55 – The importance of self-awareness and progress in your leadership development. 13:10 – Four ways that giving yourself unscheduled time will benefit your leadership, your team, your health, and your productivity.

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N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

By turning to a skillful executive coaching company that knows exactly how to deliver results when it comes to leadership coaching and helping leaders do what they do best: optimize their performance, imagine further, and lead well. How is that possible?

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 2, 2023

We are all wired to fear the downsides of uncertainty, but we forget that change, creation, transformation, and innovation rarely show up without some measure of it.”. To do this, the authors present us with tools to help us with the unknown. They go into detail describing how to implement each of the tools in all four categories.

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